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Author : Mark A. Plummer
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 9780252026492
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lincoln's Rail-splitter written by Mark A. Plummer and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Like Lincoln, Oglesby was born in Kentucky and spent most of his youth in central Illinois, apprenticing as a lawyer in Springfield and standing for election to the Illinois legislature Congress, and U.S. Senate. Oglesby participated in the battles of Cerro Gordo and Vera Cruz during the Mexican-American War and made a small fortune in the gold rush of 1849. A superlative speaker, he ran unsuccessfully for Congress in a campaign that featured the Lincoln-Douglas debates of 1858, then was elected to the Illinois senate as Lincoln was being elected president.

Author : Maurice Manning
Publisher : Copper Canyon Press
ISBN 13 : 1619322129
Total Pages : 85 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Railsplitter written by Maurice Manning and published by Copper Canyon Press. This book was released on 2020-01-15 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Railsplitter, the seventh collection from Pulitzer Prize Finalist and Guggenheim Fellow Maurice Manning, envisions the role of poetry in the life of Abraham Lincoln. Manning, who writes each piece in Lincoln’s persona, provides a lasting reflection on how poetry guided and shaped the President’s mind while leading a divided nation. Equal parts prophetic and rich in both rural folklore and literary allusions—from Shakespeare, to Whitman, to Poe, to the comedic—Railsplitter transcends the darkness of Lincoln’s time, to imagine a new lore entirely—one comprised of buzzard feather quills, horse treats in a top hat, and finally, a fateful bullet. Lincoln, who was born nearby to Maurice Manning’s childhood home in Kentucky, is alive again, in new form.

Author : John Cribb
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781645720645
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Rail Splitter written by John Cribb and published by . This book was released on 2023-01-24 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Rail Splitter: A Novel by John Cribb tells the story of Abraham Lincoln's remarkable journey from a log cabin to the threshold of the White House--a journey that turns him into one of America's most beloved heroes.Like Old Abe, Cribb's acclaimed novel about Lincoln's years as president, The Rail Splitter brings Lincoln to life in a way no other book does. We walk beside him on every page, through Indiana woods and Illinois prairies, and come to know his hopes and struggles on his winding path to greatness.The story of the rawboned youth who makes his way from a log cabin to the White House is, in many ways, the great American story. The Rail Splitter brings Lincoln to life once again and reminds us that the country he loved is a place of wide-open dreams where extraordinary journeys unfold.

Author : Wayne Calhoun Temple
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780265599006
Total Pages : 50 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lincoln the Railsplitter (Classic Reprint) written by Wayne Calhoun Temple and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-22 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Lincoln the Railsplitter John got out. I stayed in the buggy. John kneeled down and commenced chipping the rails of the old fence with his knife. Soon he came back with black walnut and honey locust shavings. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Gary L. Bunker
Publisher : Kent State University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780873387019
Total Pages : 410 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book From Rail-splitter to Icon written by Gary L. Bunker and published by Kent State University Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A copiously illustrated history of the development of Lincoln's public profile. From Rail-Splitter to Icon is enriched by editorial, news, poetic, and satirical content from contemporary periodicals artfully woven into a topical narrative. The Lincoln images, originally appearing in such publications as Budget of Fun, Comic Monthly, New York Illustrated News, Phunny Phellow, Southern Punch, and Yankee Notions, significantly expand our understanding of the evolution of public opinion toward Lincoln, the complex dynamics of Civil War, popular art and culture, the media, political caricature, and presidential politics. Because of the timely emergence and proliferation of the illustrated periodical, and the convergence of representational technology and sectional conflict, no previous president could have been pictured so fully. But Lincoln also appealed to illustrators because of his distinctive physical features. (One could scarcely conceive of a similar book on James Buchanan, his immediate predecessor.) Despite ever-improving techniques, Lincoln pictorial prominence competed favorably with any succeeding president in the nineteenth century.

Author : George Gordon Byron DeWolfe
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Abe Lincoln the Rail Splitter!. written by George Gordon Byron DeWolfe and published by . This book was released on 1860 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : William Eleazar Barton
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lincoln, the Young Rail-splitter ... written by William Eleazar Barton and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
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Download or read book The Rail Splitter written by and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The society and its publication were established by Republicans of Illinois in the centennial year of the birth of Abraham Lincoln to perpetuate the ideals of Abraham Lincoln and his followers.

Author : Richard Taylor
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 61 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rail Splitter written by Richard Taylor and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 61 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Foundation
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
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Download or read book Abraham Lincoln, "rail Splitter," Height 6' 4", Weight 180 Lbs written by Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Foundation and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: